Fikret Kizilok

Fikret Kizilok was perhaps one of the most advanced songwriters of his period. He was an extremely reputed musician and a guy of thought, irrespective of his countless fluctuations throughout his profession. With politics and sarcastic lyrics and a broad musical understanding, Kizilok was one of many statistics in the Turkish music picture. Kizilok was created in November 10, 1946, in Istanbul, Turkey. He initial began playing the accordion in 1954 when he was a principal school pupil in Galatasaray Lycee. In 1960, he turned to your guitar and became a member of his close friends’ music group Cahit Oben 4. Though it was not an extremely long-lasting task, with Cahit Oben 4 Kizilok obtained experience and documented the initial song he had written. After some singles and a likewise short-lived task, Veliahtlar, he made a decision to concentrate on his education to become dentist. Despite the fact that he used Kaygisizlar for some time, what transformed his lifestyle was a vacation to deep Anatolia. In Sivas, he fulfilled Asik Veysel (extremely praised poet/troubadour) and for that reason began playing baglama. When he came back to Istanbul, he documented a edition of “Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim” (one of the most well-known songs of most Turkish music background, compiled by Asik Veysel). With this one he drew a whole lot appealing, but his genuine breakthrough was included with another one, “Yumma Gozun Kor Gibi.” In the first many years of the ’70s, Kizilok documented singles and toured. Just like he was climbing the stairways of stardom, Asik Veysel passed away in 1973 and Kizilok announced that he give up music. This is the to begin many separations of his lifestyle along with his music. Afterwards in 1975, he shaped a new music group called Tehlikeli Madde. His music was re-forming right into a even more Anatolian pop design as well as for that he was significantly criticized. In 1977, he released Not really Defterimden, an record he documented between 1971 and 1972. It had been totally experimental and among the initial electronic albums documented in Turkey. Not really Defterimden was made up of poems cited over an ambient history. He later give up music again to be always a dentist. Using the ’80s, Kizilok resurfaced unexpectedly using a silent masterpiece, Zaman, Zaman. Totally acoustic, the record proved what sort of pop album could possibly be done with correct musicianship and Turkish lyrics. “Yeter Ki,” “Zaman Zaman,” “Sevda Cicegi,” and seven even more timeless classics proclaimed this 1983 record as one the very best albums to become ever documented in Turkish music background. The 1980s also noticed him and his colleague Bulent Ortacgil form the famous art home Cekirdek Sanat Evi. Their cooperation were left with Cekirdek Hatirasi-Biz Sarkilarimizi in 1984 and another accurate jewel, Pencere Onu Cicegi, in 1986. Following the split of the two ambitious makers, Kizilok released Yana Yana in 1990 with a strategy nearly the same as his previous functions in the ’80s. “Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?” immediately became an anthem for the enthusiasts, but though it wasn’t as effective as Zaman Zaman, Yana Yana presented among the better types of his matured songwriting. The funny “Why Large One Why” was a hint of where Kizilok wished to sail for his following work, Olmuyo Olmuyo (Dusler), which arrived two years later on. With synthesizers almost everywhere, Kizilok screamed, whispered, and showcased his ever-searching spirit. 1995 was an extremely productive 12 months for Kizilok as he released Yadigar and Demirbas. The 1st being a even more personal one, the albums had been a warm pleasant back again to his ’80s sound following the unsatisfactory Olmuyo Olmuyo (Dusler). That same 12 months, he released the symphonic poem Vurulduk Ey Halkim in the memory space of reporter Ugur Mumcu, who was simply the victim of a bad disgraceful assassination in 1993. His last recording containing original materials, Mustafa Kemal: Devrimcinin Guncesi, another symphonic poem, premiered in 1998. After that came another lengthy amount of silence, this time around due to his center. While he was aside in Bodrum, Weapon Ola Devran Done, a compilation of his early functions, premiered. In 2001 he published “Kumsalda” for Sertab Erener (Eurovision champ in 2003), which resulted in expectations that he’d compose and record even more. However the truth was different; he was obtaining worse daily. His heart have been ailing him for a long period, and he passed away of a coronary attack on Sept 22, 2001 in Istanbul. A season afterwards a best-of record covering all his profession was released using the name Dunden Bugune Fikret Kizilok. In 2007, his previously unreleased materials with Bulent Ortacgil created to get a child’s play twenty years prior, Buyukler Icin Cocuk Sarkilari, premiered. Remembered being a perfectionist and idealist musician, Kizilok is among the greatest ideals the Turkish music picture has ever noticed.